Category Archives: Holidays

…was a blast! Brian’s sister Megan is in town visiting, and the four of us left a ton of candy on the front porch and trucked on over to The Cary’s neighborhood so Liam could go Trick or Treating with Maggie and Hannah like last year. Fun was had by all, and by the last…

We hit our regular Farm Market last weekend to pick up another pumpkin and a bale of hay for our “Halloween Yard Decor”. Couldn’t hold Liam off any longer – he apparently LOVES everything about Autumn. Honestly – he’s so excited for Halloween, Thanksgiving, jackets, leaf piles – if it has to do with Fall,…

Okay…technically it’s “Colonial Williamsburg“, but you can’t tell Liam that. He’ll argue the point. Last Sunday we went with Uncle Robert for the festivities! It was C-C-C-OOOOLLDD but beautifully sunny, so we bundled up and off we went. Robert and I browsed through Market Square on a hunt for unique tree ornaments while Liam and…

…of COURSE I am. But, Liam was on my lap when I opened the e-mail from Jib-Jab, saw the elves and that was all she wrote. I had no choice. (Just pretend you didn’t see this until AFTER Thanksgiving…) Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Bad jokes aside, we had some holiday fun on this weekend before Halloween. Now, bear in mind that during all of this fun, Liam changed his mind about what he wants to be for Halloween four more times. The last selection was “fog”…and no, I am not kidding you.

We’re happy to be safe; with good food, clean water and sturdy shelter, and the ability to work and provide these things for our family. We’re grateful to be free; for the brave Forefathers who declared that freedom, and for the brave Military members who for 233 years have defended, protected and ensured it. We’re…

Coloring Eggs. Notice in the photo below that Liam is “working” on the pink one… …he was opening it to find the “JELLY PEENS”. (He was less than pleased to find a yolk instead.) The rest of the eggs managed to survive unscathed. Just a little while ago, I heard a noise. I got up…